revertant in English
adjective
1
(of a cell, organism, or strain) having reverted to the normal type from a mutant or abnormal form.
This process culminates when haploid lac + revertant cells overgrow the original clone of cells with an amplification.
noun
1
a revertant cell, organism, or strain.
A lower intensity of mutagenesis can explain all observed revertants if each mutagenized cell has multiple copies of the lac operon.
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